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CVE-2023-5411: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2023-5411) related to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fnsfaf2save_post function in versions up to and including 3.4. This security flaw was discovered and reported in November 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the fnsfaf2savepost function, which allows authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher to modify certain post values. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The extent of modification is limited due to fixed values passed to the wpupdate_post function (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to perform unauthorized modifications to certain post values in WordPress installations running the affected versions of Funnelforms Free plugin (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Funnelforms Free plugin to a version newer than 3.4 (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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